Daguerreotype of young uniformed soldier. This is believed to be Pvt. Isaac D. Stephens, 5th Tenn. Cav. Regt., CSA. Stephens was born October 18, 1845, to Jacob Stephens and Levina Smith. He died on November 11, 1916, in Parrottsville, Tenn....

Tintype of a young uniformed soldier. This is believed to be Pvt. Thomas S. Snapp, Co. H, 5th Tenn. (McKenzie's) Cav. Regt., CSA. Snapp was born in Greene County, Tenn., in 1843. He was married to Susannah Josephine Stephens. Snapp died on;...

This affadavit from the adjutant general's office of the Ohio affirms that Michael Wyrick enrolled as a private in Co. G, 68th Ohio Vol. Inf., USA, at Hamar, Ohio, on Feb. 15, 1864. He mustered into service at Toledo, Ohio, for 3 years. He was sent...

Ambrotype of Nancy Jane Coburn Evans, wife of Confederate Pvt. Simpson Evans. Jewelry has been painted in on the ambrotype. She was born April 12, 1840, in Hardeman County, Tenn. She died May 24, 1930, in Fayette County, Tenn. She married...

Ambrotype of Pvt. Samuel W. Hannon, Co. G., 60th N.C. Inf. Regt., CSA. He enlisted in Polk County, North Carolina on August 29, 1862 at the age of 32 and died on December 28, 1862 in a hospital at Ringgold, Georgia. Hannon is holding what is...

Pvt. Benjamin A. Miller, Co. A, 36th Ind. Inf., USA, entered the U. S. Army in Henry County, Ind. on August 24, 1861 soon before his 24th birthday. Originally from Augusta County, Va., he went to Indiana to join a Quaker settlement. Note patriotic...

Pvt. Sneed was from Rutherford County, Tenn., and enlisted on Nov. 26, 1861, in Nashville. He served in Co. F, 4th (Starnes'-McClemore's) Tenn. Cav. Regt., also known as "The Williamson County Cavalry." In 1862, they reported to Gen. Nathan Bedford...

Pvt. John Boyd Brown of Birchwood, Hamilton County, Tenn., Co. E, 5th Tenn. Inf., USA, wore a Federal shell jacket and held a Model 1860 Colt army revolver. His belt had a "US" belt buckle with a cartridge box and cap pouch. The image was...

Two-page letter written by Ammons to his family on the day he arrived in Vietnam. He describes conditions and housing at the 90th Replacement Battalion headquarters, 22 miles north of Saigon; the appearance and poverty of the Vietnamese villagers;...

Four-page letter written on Fort Campbell stationery by Christopher Ammons from basic training to his family. He details gathering together some items and visiting a museum, but the majority of the letter describes and lauds PVT Smith (Smitty)....

Amnesty oath for Simpson Evans. He was born August 5, 1834, in Arkansas. Evans married Nancy Jane Coburn on February 28, 1858. He enlisted in Co. A, McGehee's Regiment, Arkansas Cav., CSA, on June 17, 1862. He surrendered on May 17, 1865,; and was...

Pvt. Samuel Barnhill Co. B, 46th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA was captured at Island No. 10 on April 8, 1862 and sent to Camp Douglas, Illinois where he died of "congestion of the brain" on August 4, 1862. Margaret Ann Campbell was most likely his sister....

This gray wool blanket has a high content of shoddy fibers and is believed to have been used by by Pvt. Joel S. Crosby, Co. B, 17th Ind. Inf. Regt., USA. Crosby was discharged due to disability November 14,1862, and joined 1st Ind. Hvy. Arty.;...

White wool panel blanket carried through the war by Pvt. Richard Houston Palmer, Co. D, 7th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA. Palmer was from just north of Lebanon, Wilson County, Tenn. Palmer's service records indicate that he was present throughout his...

Pvt. John Marshall Dickey, Co. A , 44th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA. He was detailed as blacksmith, captured at Chickamauga, and held at Rock Island Prison until May 1865. Dickey was born in Franklin County, Tenn. on March 18, 1840. In this post Civil...